Monday, September 8, 2014

Once there was a nursery

Planting works with materials from Green Acres nursery, for one of the many MLNG houses at Kidurong township

Green Acres Nursery logo

In 1992, I set up a nursery business as one of the many ventures upon joining the private sector. The nursery business was run as a firm. It was to provide all the planting materials for landscaping jobs undertaken by another company of mine. Throughout the 1990's landscaping was a worthwhile business to go into because of the increasing number of residential houses built to meet the rising demand when more people began to work and stay in Bintulu as a result of the first boom period (1979-1983). Demand for landscaping jobs grew also from the corporate sectors and government organisations. The demand increased further during the second economic boom 1998 - 2000. To meet increased demand I decided to move the nursery from its small site in town to a new location about 22km away from town along the Bintulu-Tatau road. The nursery was instrumental in developing an eco-farm and finally a nature park on the same site but with expanded acreage. If not for the nursery my dream of having a nature park would not have been realised easily. To see more happenings today at the nature park, please go here .

Happy Malaysia Day, Sarawak!!

(Note: On the 16th of September, Sarawak will celebrate its independence being a party to the formation of Malaysia.
As part of remembering history I'll create some posts on what it means
to be a Malaysian as I have experienced it. Check out the rest of the
postings by following this linkhere.)